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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Beginnings: Arrival and Meeting Miss Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the first meeting between Margaret Lea and Vida Winter take place?
(a) In Winter's library.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) On the moors, outside the house.
(d) In the hallway outside Margaret's bedroom, late at night.

2. What is the first question Margaret asks Vida WInter?
(a) Her real name.
(b) An explanation about the rumor that her house is haunted.
(c) Whether Winter is terminally ill and fears death will end her life soon.
(d) What happened to the (missing) thirteenth story in her first book.

3. What is Margaret's opinion about Vida Winter's writing?
(a) She likes the writing, but has no interest in meeting WInter.
(b) She is surprised that Winter seems to have stolen one on Margaret's stories.
(c) She is frustrated by the happy endings and predictable plots.
(d) She loves it, and spends days doing nothing else but reading Winter's books.

4. What is significant about the name of the author, Vida Winter?
(a) "Vida" comes from the same root word as "vitality," meaning life.
(b) It is the same name as her father's relative.
(c) It is clearly a pen name, and her real name is a mystery.
(d) The former owner of the bookstore was named Jacob Winter.

5. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?
(a) Neither had a happy childhood because of an emotionless mother.
(b) They are related; both share a common ancestor.
(c) They have both studied spells of "dark arts" from the 13th century.
(d) They both grieve the loss of a twin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is peculiar about the many interviews given by Vida Winter?

2. The following can be said about the bookshop:

3. On her first night at Vida Winter's house, Margaret looks out into the night before going to bed. What does she see?

4. When she learns the truth about being a twin, Margaret feels:

5. How many different (untrue) versions of her life has Ms. Winter told to reporters and interviewers?

(see the answer key)

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